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Communications of Hossein and Bill ((Reply to Hossein - November 1, 2022)

Communications of Hossein and Bill ((Reply to Hossein - November 1,  2022)

  Dear Hossein, 

Thank you for your latest communication. It is always good to hear from you.  First, let me update you on my circumstances. After beginning to feel some since of normally after the hurricane that hit our local community and our apartment building, I was hospitalized after experiencing a Transient Ischemic Attack (mini-stroke). I received excellent care and am now home and feeling well with some residual effects that are manageable with medications that will reduce my risk of a full stroke. Overall, this was more emotionally traumatic than physical traumatic, as I have always feared stroke due to my father having several stroke episodes that resulted in his loss of speech and mobility for the last 15 years of his life. But I have made decisions that reduced that risk for me and I am quite positive about what future the universe will grant me.  We continue to receive positive feedback on the NAADAC presentation, and I have been able to send several people attending some of our papers on Congress 60.

As to your question, Robert L. DuPont, MD, has been a leader in the addiction treatment and prevention field for more than 50 years. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School and later served as the first Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the second White House Drug Chief. Hi is also a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Marvin D. Seppala, MD, recently retired after over 20 years as Chief Medical Officer of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. He currently has a private psychiatric practice specializing in addiction and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and at the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies. 

What most people in the U.S. working in the addictions field find of great interest about Congress 60 in response to my descriptions of your efforts include the wholistic approach you take integrating time-limited medication support with psychosocial and spiritual (worldview) support—all wrapped in this vibrant peer recovery culture. They are also intrigued with the integration of athletic activities, the arts and community service. They are entranced by the photos of Congress 60 that I share with them—stretching their imaginations about what such services might look like in their own programs. The efforts to promote global health among Congress 60 members (via smoking cessation, weight management, etc.) are also of great interest. Your last email is the first time you have mentioned the Jones Legions, which I think is a wonderful innovation. Thank you for the photos depicting this work. 

As for the book we are discussing, if you create a book of selected informative and inspiring quotes drawn from your writings, speeches, and our communications, I would be delighted to write a preface to such a book. There are two examples I could show you of a format that would worthy of consideration. The first is the book, As Bill Sees It--a book of inspiring quotes from Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. You can see a visual example of what that format looks like at  https://fliphtml5.com/lnakc/quqp/basic

The second example is the Topical Quotes drawn from my own writings that I have posted on my website (see . https://www.chestnut.org/resources/aa5a7b83-bb4f-4177-ad35-2ff143ce6a6b/Quotes-from-William-White-Co-authors-2022.pdf What I envision is a pocketsize book that can be read as a kind of meditational and that can be drawn upon for guidance on issues that arise within the long-term recovery process. By alphabetizing these topics, the could be easily consulted when questions arise among Congress 60 members and other people in personal or family recovery.  My continued congratulations on the publication of the scientific papers. 

My best wishes to you on this coming week’s Golrizan ceremony.  Please extend my warmest regards to your family and to all members of Congress 60. 

Friends and Brothers Forever,

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